House Of The Dragon' Episode 7

Elsewhere, Aemond (Leo Ashton) lost an eye in a barbaric clash with his cousins… but gained exactly what he was hoping for, becoming the rider of the legendary ...

[How does Laena Velaryon die in House of the Dragon and how does her death differ in George RR Martin’s book Fire & Blood?](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/27/house-of-the-dragon-what-happens-to-laena-velaryon-in-the-book-17461281/?ico=more_text_links) as their disagreement causes horrifying bloodshed. [House of the Dragon fans think deleted scene might show Matt Smith’s character is bisexual](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/30/house-of-the-dragon-fans-think-matt-smiths-character-is-bisexual-17478688/?ico=more_text_links) Rhaenyra and Daemon hatch a plan that appears to involve the assassination of Laenor – although as we now know, the plan was actually to allow him to escape with Qarl, unbeknown to anyone else. [ death of Lady Laena Velaryon](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/27/house-of-the-dragon-what-happens-to-laena-velaryon-in-the-book-17461281/) (Nanna Blondell), he decided to take matters into his own hands, secretly sneaking to her dragon Vhagar – known as the largest living dragon in the world – and claiming her for his own. [scene where the children ‘beat each other senseless’](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/16/house-of-the-dragon-showrunner-reveals-shocking-children-fight-scene-17190211/) was going to get horrifying… Aemond knocks Jace down and is on the verge of bashing his head with a rock, with Luke picks up his brother’s knife and slashes his cousin in the eye, ending the fight and ridding Aemond of an eyeball. [Emma D’Arcy](https://metro.co.uk/tag/emma-darcy/)) and Queen Alicent Hightower ( [Olivia Cooke](https://metro.co.uk/tag/olivia-cooke/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1)) is laid out for all of Westeros to witness. In the dead of night, he manages to get on Vhagar’s back and take her for a ride, meaning that she now will be loyal to him. However, in a huge twist, it turned out his brutal murder was actually faked by his lover Ser Qarl Correy (Arty Froushan), who had been paid off by Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) to carry out the act of misdirection. The battle between the greens and the blacks reaches a far more violent point in the latest instalment of House of the Dragon, as the feud between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen ( [House of the Dragon](https://metro.co.uk/tag/house-of-the-dragon/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) episode 7.

HOD's latest is all about funerals, weddings with bastards, and dragons.

She demands an eye for an eye pleading with Viserys for her children but when the King forbade Ser Cristian Cole from moving, she takes it upon herself to avenge her child. Not only does he go on to dismiss the claims and demand the tongue of anyone who talks about it in the future, but he also lets down Alicent. The kids of the family continue to have a hard time dealing with grief. The King offers Daemon a chance to return home to Kings Landing to be part of the house council but to no avail. House Of The Dragon is finally boiling over with the rising tension in the Targaryen house. Helaena is lost in her own world, Aegon has nothing but women and wine on his mind, but Aemond is fully prepared to take Laena's dragon for himself.

We open with Laena (Nanna Blondell) being buried at sea, which is a rather sombre affair, or it would be if Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) could stop giggling.

Daemon then arranges with Ser Karl (Laenor’s lover) that the Velaryon prince meets an unfortunate end, and before the credits roll, Laenor is dead. When Daemon says he cannot because of Laenor – who’d just recommitted himself to Rhaenyra and her cause – Rhaenyra gives her uncle a knowing look. As the royal family sail away, Daemon and Rhaenyra watch from afar. Viserys tries to keep the peace, but Alicent grows more hysterical, and she demands The fight’s quickly broken up, but the damage is done to Alicent’s reputation, who now seems like a crazy woman. This upsets Baela and Rhaena, who had hoped to claim the beast. As Cole goes to grab the boy, Daemon jumps in, forcing Alicent to take action. [Rhaenyra and Daemon’s relationship](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/game-of-thrones/house-of-the-dragon-rhaenyra-and-daemons-relationship-explained) are weird. Viserys (Paddy Considine), bless him, tries to reconcile with Daemon, but the prince is having none of it. The Rogue Prince seems wholly uninterested in burying (or sinking?) his late wife and instead spends most of the burial-making eyes at his niece, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). The pair talk about what could have been, and the princess blames her uncle for abandoning her. Jacaerys (Leo Hart), who’s aware of his status as a bastard, seems particularly upset by this crying to his mother that he cannot mourn his father without letting slip her treasonous affair.

The seventh episode 'Driftwood' directed by Miguel Sapochnik sets the stage between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower for the Iron ...

Overall with just three episodes remaining the series is shaping up to be a worthy successor to Game of Thrones and is a must-watch for fans of the franchise. The episode ends with a surprising twist but on that was hinted at throughout the episode with small clues left by the writers and showcases the quality of the writing on display. The series has been slowly building up the animosity between the former friends from every start, the episode starts at the funeral for Lady Laena as both sides of the Targaryen family meet, and tensions slowly start to rise.

'House Of The Dragon' Ep 7 'Driftmark' On Disney+ Hotstar shows how the Westerosi family fights are like desi kalesh & our family clashes.

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In a House of the Dragon episode with Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent's (Olivia Cooke) coming Dance of the Dragons, and exploring how Laenor ...

[the royal children](https://www.polygon.com/23368925/house-of-the-dragon-kids-who-rhaenyra-alicent-daemon-jace-joffrey-aegon) that goes from bad to worse in — ahem — the blink of an eye. It’s enough to make [Viserys’ (Paddy Considine)](https://www.polygon.com/23328660/house-dragon-viserys-iron-throne-cut) plea for a return to the family’s status quo seem almost comically out of touch, a referee trying to stop World War II with a whistle. Again the episode chooses a ritual — the most elementally basic, the literally Biblical tradition of an eye for an eye — as the focus of its conflict. Through the ritualistic demand we get a glimpse of the real Alicent, a confused and frightened woman left in a permanent state of panic by her father’s abuse. Rhaenyra’s secret marriage to her [uncle Daemon (Matt Smith)](https://www.polygon.com/e/23144854) serves to inflate her reputation as a ruthless power player, and sir Laenor’s duel with his lover Qarl (Arty Froushan) provides cover for their bittersweet escape from the bloody power games of the royal court. The scene is lit and shot like something out of Neil Marshall’s [The Descent](https://www.polygon.com/hulu/2020/4/18/21224924/best-horror-movies-on-hulu), torchlight flickering over the faces of the young heirs to the Targaryen dynasty as their childish squabble rapidly turns bloody, fists and feet giving way to rocks and knives. While [House of the Dragon](https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516586&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbomax.com%2Fseries%2Fhouse-of-the-dragon%3Foffer_id%3D5%26transaction_id%3D102c87c7%255B%25E2%2580%25A6%255D4ed39326beedc6012ca%26utm_source%3DVox%2BMedia%26utm_medium%3Daffiliate&referrer=polygon.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polygon.com%2F23383650%2Fhouse-dragon-episode-7-review-laenor)’s seventh episode does a great deal to show Westeros sliding uncontrollably toward what will surely prove a calamitously bloody war, its own body count is comparatively modest by [the series](https://www.polygon.com/house-of-the-dragon)’ standards. From the somber but politically charged opening funeral scene to the darkly majestic and disturbing claiming of [the dragon Vhagar](https://www.polygon.com/e/23145224) by the young prince Aemond (Leo Ashton), “Driftmark” moves at an effortless clip. [Miguel Sapochnik](https://www.polygon.com/23331775/house-of-the-dragon-miguel-sapochnik-leaving-showrunner-alan-taylor) and writer Sara Hess pull it off with aplomb. His delight at her evident unwellness is perhaps the episode’s most sickening sight, a further deception concealed behind his somber façade and the arcane traditions of the royal court. [fake Ser Laenor’s (John Macmillan) death](https://www.polygon.com/e/23144583), is a case study in the episode’s preoccupation with social rituals as a means of concealing and revealing truth. Laena’s funeral provides her uncle with a chance to launch a veiled barb at Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) over the parentage of her sons.

Building on the last episode, we get some more from the ten-year mid-season time jump. This episode is chock full of family drama worthy of any daytime soap. It ...

How is Criston Cole, a murderer, allowed to be on the Kingsguard still? The Velaryons should hate him for ruining their son’s wedding and punching the son. Together the two of them will be a real power couple and hang onto the throne. However, in a twist, the last scene of House of The Dragon Episode 7 shows the Laenor is alive in fact. I wish they had found a criminal or something to use as the body. I like the twist of Laenor not dying. The fight really seemed to crystallize the rivalry between the two women. It also avoids the Rhanerya and Daemon go for a long walk on the beach after night. Even Alicent seems in a kind of shock from the deaths carried out in the last episode in her name. Aemond admits to calling them bastards and says he heard it from his brother, though it’s clear from his looks his mother is the one who said it. Rhanerya and her kids are also secretly morning the death of Harwin Strong.

Kids, they grow up so fast. After last week's discombobulating decade-long time jump on House of the Dragon, the Targaryen and Velaryon broods have gone ...

It devotes the final five minutes of the episode to advancing the plot in leaps and bounds. And then House of the Dragon does what it seems to do a lot. With Rhaenyra and Daemon united, a quick mid-season death is the most you could hope for. She wants an eye for an eye, and when that is denied, draws the knife herself. “The Kingsguard have never had to defend princes from princes!” wails wet blanket Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) as the fallout from the nocturnal enucleation begins. The only ones that matter are the cocky eldest Targaryen Aegon (Ty Tennant), creepy middle Targaryen Aemond (Leo Ashton) and Rhaenyra and Laenor’s ill-defined Velaryon blob Jacaerys (Leo Hart). [House of the Dragon](/topic/house-of-the-dragon), the Targaryen and Velaryon broods have gone from mere babes (or glints in the eye) to rambunctious children. In the red corner, we have the blonde bombshells: Aegon, Aemond and Daeron, repping for the Hightower/Targaryen match-up. [Game of Thrones](/topic/game-of-thrones)). [Paddy Considine](/topic/paddy-considine)) says to his brother, Daemon ( [Matt Smith](/topic/matt-smith)). At the heart of this episode is the question of patrimony, put succinctly by Steve Toussaint’s Lord Corlys. In the blue corner are the brown-haired bastards: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey; sons of Rhaenyra and Laenor, though looking an awful lot like the late Harwin Strong.

Kathryn VanArendonk is a critic who writes about TV and comedy. She gets mad when people say TV is a ten-hour movie. The night scenes in “Driftmark” were shot ...

It was the kids' time to shine in the latest episode of 'House of the Dragon' and it's clear familial conflict and drama has already taken hold of this ...

Rhaenyra(Emma D'Arcy) and Daemon, both newly widowed, marry. This creates a powerful alliance that will be hard to break. Daemon might not be fully trusted ...

Fans complain that some scenes in the 'House of the Dragon' are too dark to watch, but HBO has defended the lighting by calling it an 'intentional creative ...

After gasp-inducing violence and an unearthly consummation, there's now a dangerous union you really don't want to mess with. This mean all-out war.